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He's not getting MUCH less. So his raises are 4.5% instead of 7% (or something like that).
OK, our "almost max" player shot like he almost knew where the basket was. Better?
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He's not getting MUCH less. So his raises are 4.5% instead of 7% (or something like that).
OK, our "almost max" player shot like he almost knew where the basket was. Better?
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I knew Id see a couple of guys trying to blame this loss on Kantor ,it will be a long season watching these couple guys blame Kantor for everything.
Poor 3 point shooting was a bigger factor for this loss and Jazz are in trouble if Trey Burke is taking the most shots ......16 shots for 15 points is not a good game
Poor 3 point shooting was a bigger factor for this loss and Jazz are in trouble if Trey Burke is taking the most shots ......16 shots for 15 points is not a good game
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I knew this post was coming from one of 3 people. Not blaming him bro, but can't deny he just doesn't fit.
Stifle Tower
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WE got schooled by a team that has an incredible inside-out game. Houston IS right now what the Jazz aspire to become. Need to have Favors develop inside, which he showed he is doing and have players who can hit 3's, which Utah didn't have this game. Kanter is not the 4 the Jazz need and Hayward and Burke laid big eggs from outside. On a positive note, I thought Alec played pretty well. Get that pen out and give him a new contract before he goes trick or treating!
I really hate when people say this, especially when it comes to Hayward.
I've made my dislike for him known long before all of this contract stuff and all the things Ive disliked are still there. Doing things that don't show up on stat sheets typically makes you a team leader. I've never once watched a Jazz game and thought "man, Hayward sure looks like the guy everyone looks to on our team".
I'm not going to blind hate but let's all agree to try and watch without bias either way. If we do that I think we can all agree he's "ok".
Crawlnstall
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I was at the game and just got home. I noticed a few things I liked and a few things I didn't like
Burks played pretty good defense against harden. Some of hardens shots just went in even with burks playing solid D. His improvement is nice
Booker is an animal. His hustle was awesome and he played pretty good defense. I like him a lot
Gobert played great. He has improved tons from last year. Huge steal in the draft. His box score doesn't reflect how good he was
Favors showed an improved jump shot too
I didn't like
Kanters defense. He got beat on the 3 point line a few times and Howard worked him early on(although part of it was Howard being a beast)
Burke seemed to play some hero ball, some possessions not passing it at all. He got trapped a lot in the first half but did much better in the second
Hayward really seemed to be tuned out of the game. His jump shot was off and he really didn't do anything to help take over the game. Really frustrated with his game
Much better than last year though. The crowd was super into it and the team looks better. Houston is a good team
Also was glad to see offensive fouls called in harden
Burks played pretty good defense against harden. Some of hardens shots just went in even with burks playing solid D. His improvement is nice
Booker is an animal. His hustle was awesome and he played pretty good defense. I like him a lot
Gobert played great. He has improved tons from last year. Huge steal in the draft. His box score doesn't reflect how good he was
Favors showed an improved jump shot too
I didn't like
Kanters defense. He got beat on the 3 point line a few times and Howard worked him early on(although part of it was Howard being a beast)
Burke seemed to play some hero ball, some possessions not passing it at all. He got trapped a lot in the first half but did much better in the second
Hayward really seemed to be tuned out of the game. His jump shot was off and he really didn't do anything to help take over the game. Really frustrated with his game
Much better than last year though. The crowd was super into it and the team looks better. Houston is a good team
Also was glad to see offensive fouls called in harden
l Abach l
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Was at the game, and for about 40 seconds (when we came within 3 in the third), I got my hopes up that the jazz finally had turned the page and that THIS year would be different. There was an awesome energy in the arena - that same aura of excitement that filled the arena during the D will and Stockton years. What ensued the raging noise by the crowd, was the same 'Ol ty Corbin basketball but a different year. Thoughts:
-Snyder taking out Burke and booker at the beginning of the fourth reeked of a Corbin adjustment. You have to ride those players when they're playing well!
-Hayward looked like the 4th-5th best player on the court. Playing for the jazz. Extremely disappointed the lack of improvement in his shot. Many times he had WIDE OPEN threes, and clanked them. (Contrary to everyone's belief - "Gordon shot poorly last year because all his shots were contested") Max player disappeared too many times.
-Burke had moments of greatness, and moments of failed hero ball. Same goes with Exum. Albeit Burke is clearly the #1 pg on the team. Wasn't too sure what to think of exum's whiney reaction after he made a bad pass in the 4th.
-Hood to me will be the steal of this past year's draft. Played well.
-Booker is clearly the enforcer on this team. Really I'd start him over Kanter.
-speaking of kanter, I'd do better guarding Dwight than he did. looked like my seahawks' o line blocking.
-Noticed favors finally has a mid range game. Nice to see his improvements.
-gobert is an animal!
- Tempering my expectations. We'll be a bottom feeder again this year
-Snyder taking out Burke and booker at the beginning of the fourth reeked of a Corbin adjustment. You have to ride those players when they're playing well!
-Hayward looked like the 4th-5th best player on the court. Playing for the jazz. Extremely disappointed the lack of improvement in his shot. Many times he had WIDE OPEN threes, and clanked them. (Contrary to everyone's belief - "Gordon shot poorly last year because all his shots were contested") Max player disappeared too many times.
-Burke had moments of greatness, and moments of failed hero ball. Same goes with Exum. Albeit Burke is clearly the #1 pg on the team. Wasn't too sure what to think of exum's whiney reaction after he made a bad pass in the 4th.
-Hood to me will be the steal of this past year's draft. Played well.
-Booker is clearly the enforcer on this team. Really I'd start him over Kanter.
-speaking of kanter, I'd do better guarding Dwight than he did. looked like my seahawks' o line blocking.
-Noticed favors finally has a mid range game. Nice to see his improvements.
-gobert is an animal!
- Tempering my expectations. We'll be a bottom feeder again this year
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I think that's the point the right? We all knew he was not worth the max and that he is a really nice third option. We should not expect Paul George from him because he got paid. That's not who he is.